Jeff Krasno
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And, you know, part of my spiritual practice is non-attachment, right? That I can be here and now with my full passionate self, but unattached to result. the buddha's teachings but then when you're faced with the reality right of like oh my god this place that i've built where i've forged so many deep profound relationships This place is at risk. It might disappear.
And, you know, part of my spiritual practice is non-attachment, right? That I can be here and now with my full passionate self, but unattached to result. the buddha's teachings but then when you're faced with the reality right of like oh my god this place that i've built where i've forged so many deep profound relationships This place is at risk. It might disappear.
And, you know, part of my spiritual practice is non-attachment, right? That I can be here and now with my full passionate self, but unattached to result. the buddha's teachings but then when you're faced with the reality right of like oh my god this place that i've built where i've forged so many deep profound relationships This place is at risk. It might disappear.
And in a way, like crisis often does, it forces you to really examine the nature of things and say, what is the most important, potent component? Why do I have such sadness inside? And of course, as I meditated on that, It wasn't for risk of actually losing the physical place, per se. Of course, that would be hard and logistically difficult.
And in a way, like crisis often does, it forces you to really examine the nature of things and say, what is the most important, potent component? Why do I have such sadness inside? And of course, as I meditated on that, It wasn't for risk of actually losing the physical place, per se. Of course, that would be hard and logistically difficult.
And in a way, like crisis often does, it forces you to really examine the nature of things and say, what is the most important, potent component? Why do I have such sadness inside? And of course, as I meditated on that, It wasn't for risk of actually losing the physical place, per se. Of course, that would be hard and logistically difficult.
But it was really more about potentially losing the container for community and connection. And it helped me to actually focus on really, I suppose, what makes life most worthwhile in the first place. And sometimes like crisis helps you do that.
But it was really more about potentially losing the container for community and connection. And it helped me to actually focus on really, I suppose, what makes life most worthwhile in the first place. And sometimes like crisis helps you do that.
But it was really more about potentially losing the container for community and connection. And it helped me to actually focus on really, I suppose, what makes life most worthwhile in the first place. And sometimes like crisis helps you do that.
that could be considered kind of morbid, like many of the stoic practices, but they're not morose at all, actually, when you really embody them. And it could be sort of a negative visualization if you categorize it that way. But there's this practice of... Imagining that you're doing a thing for the very, very last time. That I'll never make this coffee again.
that could be considered kind of morbid, like many of the stoic practices, but they're not morose at all, actually, when you really embody them. And it could be sort of a negative visualization if you categorize it that way. But there's this practice of... Imagining that you're doing a thing for the very, very last time. That I'll never make this coffee again.
that could be considered kind of morbid, like many of the stoic practices, but they're not morose at all, actually, when you really embody them. And it could be sort of a negative visualization if you categorize it that way. But there's this practice of... Imagining that you're doing a thing for the very, very last time. That I'll never make this coffee again.
I'll never sit here in front of you again. I'll never talk to my mom or dad on the phone again, whatever. Could be small and petty, could be profound. But in sitting in that, there is a profound gratitude that bubbles up from under the crust of consciousness often. And then you come back to the realization that, no, I do get to do that thing again.
I'll never sit here in front of you again. I'll never talk to my mom or dad on the phone again, whatever. Could be small and petty, could be profound. But in sitting in that, there is a profound gratitude that bubbles up from under the crust of consciousness often. And then you come back to the realization that, no, I do get to do that thing again.
I'll never sit here in front of you again. I'll never talk to my mom or dad on the phone again, whatever. Could be small and petty, could be profound. But in sitting in that, there is a profound gratitude that bubbles up from under the crust of consciousness often. And then you come back to the realization that, no, I do get to do that thing again.
And I'm sure that's related to the feeling that you probably had coming back here, which is like, oh my God. I am so grateful that this does exist. And for, you know, often in life we, you know, begin to take things for granted that sort of appear in our quotidian life.
And I'm sure that's related to the feeling that you probably had coming back here, which is like, oh my God. I am so grateful that this does exist. And for, you know, often in life we, you know, begin to take things for granted that sort of appear in our quotidian life.
And I'm sure that's related to the feeling that you probably had coming back here, which is like, oh my God. I am so grateful that this does exist. And for, you know, often in life we, you know, begin to take things for granted that sort of appear in our quotidian life.
So, and then every once in a while we're reminded, oh my God, you know, the bounty of what I have, I should wake up and be grateful for that every day.
So, and then every once in a while we're reminded, oh my God, you know, the bounty of what I have, I should wake up and be grateful for that every day.